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FoolishOwlfoolishowl@social.coop
Oct 13, 2026, 9:14 PM
@JessTheUnstill @ethanschoonover There was a sort of first wave of "theory" about TTRPGs in the 90s, sometimes now mocked for being pretentious, but it has led to an ongoing community of discussion about theory and practice that really does influence game design and play styles.
So part of what's strange to me is that it feels like half the TTRPG world has all this discourse going on, and the other half seems completely unaware of it.
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Irenes (many)ireneista@irenes.space
Oct 13, 2026, 9:15 PM
@foolishowl @JessTheUnstill @ethanschoonover marketing is more effective than it ought to be :/
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FoolishOwlfoolishowl@social.coop
Oct 13, 2026, 10:11 PM
@ireneista @JessTheUnstill @ethanschoonover That's part of it. And I think a lot of people do a fair amount of work to make D&D work for them and don't want to make the switch.
Like, you ever find a tool that easily solves a problem you'd been handling in a convoluted way, and you feel disappointed?
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Cycy@fedicy.us.to
Oct 13, 2026, 11:16 PM
How to break loose of the marketing, that's what I want to share with people. They can keep playing D&D idgaf, long as the marketing stops being effective.
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